Daniele Conversi - Ethnonationalism in the contemporary world: Walker Connor and the study of nationalism

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Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World

Commencing with the 1967 appearance in world politics studies of his seminal article Self Determination: The New Phase, Walker Connor has exerted a profound influence upon scholarship dealing with nationalism.

In Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World, an assemblage of world-renowned scholars employ various aspects of Connors work to explicate the recent upsurge of nationalism on a global scale. In keeping with the growing awareness that the study of ethnonationalism requires an interdisciplinary approach, the contributors represent a number of academic disciplines, including anthropology, geography, history, linguistics, social psychology, sociology, and world politics. The book discusses ethnicity and nationalism, primordialism, social constructionism, separatism, and federalism, and features case studies on the Basque country, South Africa, and Canada.

This volume expands existing theoretical knowledge and provides a synthesis, and should prove essential reading for anyone interested in problems associated with ethnicity and nationalism. At a time when many states are drastically reshaping their foreign and military policies in response to what is termed the terrorist threat, it offers a guide to understanding the ethnonational forces that undergird much of the terrorist activity.

Daniele Conversi received his PhD at the London School of Economics. He has taught at the Government and History departments at Cornell and Syracuse Universities, as well as at the Central European University, Budapest. His book, The Basques, the Catalans, and Spain (new paperback edition, 2000) has been widely acclaimed and positively reviewed in nearly forty international journals. He is currently working on a larger volume on theories of nationalism.

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20 Spatializing International Politics

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21 Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World

Walker Connor and the study of nationalism

Edited by Daniele Conversi

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Walker Connor and the study of nationalism

Edited by

Daniele Conversi

London and New York

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First published 2002
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